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Former Secretary Government of India
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With the dramatic advent of Artificial Intelligence as a tech-tool and force multiplier, big tech companies, already in the vanguard of the AI juggernaut, are poised to play an even more commanding public role on the global stage
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The recently announced inclusion of India's sovereign bonds into the important JP Morgan's Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) index is a significant positive recognition of India’s economic credibility and thereby good news for its overall sovereign rating. It could also be the beginning of a new renaissance in private sector investment in infrastructure
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The provision of criminal liability embedded in many laws was an offshoot of a colonial mindset, that persisted even post-independence – viewing private enterprise with suspicion
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In the West, these would be Africans, Blacks, and Hispanics. In the Indian case, these are the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes who deserve softer treatment
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India will stand taller still if it can happily marry its past with its present, like Singapore and Indonesia, and confidently shine the light of tolerance to an uncertain world
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The Ajanta Oreva group is the biggest and most resourceful business house emerging out of Morbi city with a turnover of more than Rs 1200 crores. It, therefore, had a definite responsibility to the well-being of the citizens of the city of Morbi, along the lines of trusteeship that Gandhiji preached. Its role in improving key infrastructure in a small city like that was important because this was quite surely a city that was cash-strapped, with weak city governance systems, comprising low-experience manpower whose training was inadequate.
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The national government should consider enacting a law to prevent centrally funded infrastructure projects from being derailed by the state governments on narrow local considerations
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An injunction causes the government and its citizens to suffer a double whammy – firstly by paying escalation costs for the project and, secondly – by being deprived of the multiple benefits from the timely development of infrastructure
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Clearly, both Google and Apple are using their duopolistic stranglehold over the mobile operating system market to dictate their terms. This is an unfair business practice that should not only be challenged but also undone.
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Cities across the world have much to learn from their peers in Scotland. In India, too, we must encourage cities to think green and act smart – by using clean energy.
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